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Tiwari concerned at falling water table

Staff Correspondent

DEHRA DUN: The Uttaranchal Chief Minister, Narayan Dutt Tiwari, has expressed grave concern over the depleting water table in the agriculture rich Terai region and urged the G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology to study the depleting water table of Udham Singh Nagar and suggest suitable ways to reverse the depletion process.

Inaugurating the I T Park Corporate Office, Biotech Park and the Business Incubator Complex on the varsity campus, Mr. Tiwari said that Udham Singh Nagar had developed into a major foodgrain production centre in the country and the farmers should equip themselves with the technique to add value to their products to earn more. The farmers should also try to make farming less water intensive. IT-related industries should be encouraged in this district which was emerging as a major industrial centre, he said.

The Uttaranchal Health Minister, Tilak Raj Behad wanted a comprehensive ground water policy to save productivity of the agricultural belt. The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and PWD, Indira Hirdeyesh wanted the officials and farmers to join hands to make rainwater harvesting a lifestyle of the people. "A litre of water put back into the aquifers or saved from wastage was equivalent to several litres needed for various important works," she said.

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